Friday, November 11, 2016

Welcome to my stop on the Heartland Blog Tour!

Pat Bravo from Art Gallery Fabrics has a beautiful new fabric line now out called Heartland. I have always loved their fabrics, especially for their high thread count substrate and on-trend designs and colors, so when Amy Friend asked if I'd like to be part of it, it was an easy yes.

I was tasked with making something from that line. It looks like I have a new guy that will be joining my life in a few months so I immediately thought it would be fun to take some of the the more masculine or neutral prints from the Heartland line and make a baby quilt suitable for a little boy. Life being what it is (busy!!! always!!!) and loving a minimal, modern aesthetic, I came up with this quilt made of oversized half rectangles in a graphic arrangement with the colors. It really lets the fabrics shine and is surprisingly sophisticated for how simple it is.

Tip:

when you go minimal, every proportion and fabric placement has a lot of impact. That means you can't really hide anything in the busy-ness, so although I saved time in the piecing, I had to make sure every fabric choice was well thought out.

Backing:

I backed it in the adorable owl print. So cute for a baby quilt!

Quilting:

I also used some newly gained ideas from Jacquie Gering's book Walk to use that owl print backing fabric as my guide and quilted it. I quilted it with the back side up. It is a variation on one of the motifs in Jacquie's book called Boomerang. I love how it adds a geometric texture on top of the simple geometric piecing. I had to be really careful when basting my layers that my owl backing fabric was registered nicely to the front but otherwise it was not tricky at all.

It was a quick, fun quilt to make! Thank you for stopping by and be sure to check out what this talented group of makers has created with the Heartland fabrics. Also don't miss the Trekant Rows free pattern from Amy Friend!

About Me

I'm a wife and mom to a sweet little girl and a little boy. I love quilting. When I can, I like to get creative, which is mostly quilting with a little beading and cooking thrown in. This blog is about those creating adventures.
My first name isn't too hard, Kari--which I pronounce like "carry," but my last name is a real beast. Vojtechovsky (in an Americanized form) is pronounced: Voy tek ov skee. My poor kids won't be able to spell that until college. You can just call me Kari V. It's totally fine.